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Jaeger   /dʒˈɛgər/  /jˈægər/   Listen
Jaeger

noun
1.
Rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey.



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"Jaeger" Quotes from Famous Books



... criticism as to present the opinions generally held in Scandinavia, and, of course, chiefly in Norway. The lyric poetry of Bjrnson has been excellently discussed by Christian Collin in Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson. Hans Barndom og Ungdom by Henrik Jaeger in Illustreret norsk literaturhistorie, and by various authors, including Swedes and Danes, in articles of Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson. Festskrift I anledning af hans 70 aars fdelsdag. To all of these special indebtedness ...
— Poems and Songs • Bjornstjerne Bjornson

... Stroehling Clemens Brentano. By E. Linder The Reaper. By Walter Crane Wilhelm Grimm. By E. Hader Jacob Grimm. By E. Hader Haensel and Gretel. By Ludwig Richter Ernst Moritz Arndt. By Julius Roeting Theodor Koerner. By E. Hader Maximilian Gottfried von Schenkendorf Ludwig Uhland. By C. Jaeger The Villa by the Sea. By Arnold Boecklin Leaving at Dawn. By Moritz von Schwind Joseph von Eichendorff. By Franz Kugler Adalbert von Chamisso. By C. Jaeger The Wedding Journey. By Moritz von Schwind Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hofmann. ...
— The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: - Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English, Volume 5. • Various

... natives of the very country in which their beauties are displayed." In her review of German poetry she gives a brief description, among other things, of the "Nibelungen Lied," and a long analysis of Buerger's "Leonora" and "Wilde Jaeger." She says that there are four English translations of "Leonora," of which William Spenser's is the best. "The analogy between the English and German allows a complete transfusion of the originality of style and versification of Buerger. ...
— A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century • Henry A. Beers

... and buttons, with hooks and eyes. It was even worse than I'd supposed. The creature's conception of a travelling costume en route for the South of France consisted of a heavy tweed dress, two gray knitted stay-bodices, one pink Jaeger chemise, and a couple of red flannel petticoats. My investigations went no further; but, encouraged in my rescue work by spasmodic gestures on the part of the patient, and forbearance on the part of the dog, I removed several superfluous layers of wool. One blanket went to the floor, where it was ...
— The Motor Maid • Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson



Words linked to "Jaeger" :   Stercorariidae, skua, arctic skua, parasitic jaeger, family Stercorariidae, coastal diving bird, bonxie, Stercorarius parasiticus



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